Charax gracilis Gronovius, 1854

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Charax gracilis Gronovius, 1854

Charax gracilis Gronovius , in Gray, 1854:154. Type locality: Habitat in fluminibus Americes Meridionalis . No types known.

Salmo gronovii Walbaum, 1792:83 , 659. Type locality: America. No types known. In the description of Salmo gronovii, Walbaum (1792:83) repeated the passage by Gronovius (1763) referring to species 377 (= Charax gracilis in Gray, 1854). In the description presented by Walbaum there is no indication that it is a species other than C. gracilis . Remarks: Charax gracilis (= Charax 377 of Gronovius, 1763 (in Gray, 1854) was described as lacking a humeral blotch (“macula atra lateribus nulla”), having a curved lateral line (“linea laterali curva”) and an oblong body (“corpore oblongo gracili”), features that are not present in species of the genus Charax . Other species proposed by Gronovius in Charax , are currently included in other characiform families.